2026-07-07 03:38:18 / 路透社
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- 概要
- 公司
- 罚款金额基于科罗拉多州、加利福尼亚州、肯塔基州和新泽西州的州法律计算
- Meta称该数额无证据支撑
- 该公司面临数千起针对其成瘾性功能的诉讼
7月6日（路透社）——元宇宙平台公司（Meta Platforms）
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周一在一份法庭文件中表示，有四个州就该公司设计Facebook和Instagram平台以引诱年轻用户、并就平台安全问题误导公众的指控，索求1.4万亿美元的罚款。
Meta是在回应各州总检察长提交的、若各州在庭审中胜诉应如何计算罚款的文件时提出这一数额的。
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这一此前未被披露的数额接近Meta约1.5万亿美元的市值，正值加利福尼亚州奥克兰市8月庭审前夕，此次庭审将审理加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、肯塔基州和新泽西州对该公司提出的相关指控。
Meta称该数额无证据支撑。
“如此规模的处罚在消费者保护执法历史上并无先例，”该公司在文件中表示。
各州总检察长的代表在文件提交后未立即回复置评请求。
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各州提交的文件尚未公开，但在6月的一场法庭听证会上，他们表示将通过将违规数量乘以州法律规定的罚款金额来计算罚款。各州称，违规数量基于受Meta行为影响的青少年和年轻用户的估算数量。
已有29个州在联邦法院起诉Meta，其中多数指控该公司违反《儿童在线隐私保护法》，未经父母适当同意收集儿童数据。将于8月由美国联邦地区法官伊冯·冈萨雷斯·罗杰斯主持的庭审，将审理依据该法律提出的所有指控，以及这四个州提出的、该公司违反本州消费者保护法、误导公众有关其平台安全性的指控。
Meta否认了这些指控，称总检察长们没有证据证明其就平台所谓的成瘾性误导消费者，因为“社交媒体成瘾”并非公认的精神疾病，因此其关于平台不会成瘾的表述不可能是虚假的。
另有14个州依据本州法律提起诉讼，相关案件将于2月的另一场庭审中审理。
上个月，罗杰斯法官驳回了Meta取消庭审的请求，称关于其社交媒体平台是否具有成瘾性、Meta是否 falsely否认其故意如此设计平台，以及Meta是否“部分”将平台定向针对儿童，仍存在事实争议。
加利福尼亚州总检察长罗布·邦塔在罗杰斯法官作出裁决后表示，Meta将利润置于儿童安全之上，违反了消费者保护法，并承诺让该公司为其在青少年心理健康危机中扮演的角色“承担全部责任”。
Meta、Snap及其母公司Snap Inc.
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、YouTube及其母公司Alphabet Inc.
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，以及TikTok及其母公司字节跳动，都在联邦和州法院面临数千起诉讼，指控它们故意设计具有成瘾性的功能来吸引儿童和青少年，加剧心理健康危机。
全美各地的州政府都已起诉这些公司，部分是作为罗杰斯法官审理的案件的一部分，部分是在本州法院提起的。新墨西哥州是首个进入庭审程序的州，今年3月，陪审团认定该公司误导新墨西哥州消费者，判其向该州支付3.75亿美元。
新墨西哥州的一名法官目前正在审理该州案件的第二部分，该部分要求额外损害赔偿，并要求法院下令该公司对其Instagram、Facebook和WhatsApp平台进行整改。
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Meta says US states are seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties in August youth safety trial
2026-07-07 03:38:18 / Reuters
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- Summary
- Companies
- Penalties were calculated based on state laws in Colorado, California, Kentucky and New Jersey
- Meta says the number is not supported by evidence
- The company faces thousands of claims over addictive features
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said in a court filing on Monday that four states were seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties over accusations the company designed its Facebook and Instagram platforms to addict young users and misled the public about their safety.
Meta put forward the figure in its response to the attorneys general’s filings on how penalties should be calculated if the states prevailed at trial.
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The number, which has not previously been disclosed and is close to Meta’s market capitalization of around $1.5 trillion, comes ahead of an August trial in Oakland, California over the claims brought by California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey against the company.
Meta said the amount was unsupported by the evidence.
“A sanction of that size has no analog in the history of consumer protection enforcement,” the company said in the filing.
Representatives for the attorneys general did not immediately respond to requests for comment after the filing.
TALLYING DAMAGES
The states’ filings are sealed, but at a court hearing in June they said they were calculating the penalties by multiplying the number of violations by fine amounts set by state law. The number of violations is based on the estimated number of teens and young users affected by Meta’s actions, the states said.
Twenty-nine states have sued Meta in federal court, most of them alleging the company violated the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting data from children without proper parental consent. The trial in August before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will address all claims brought under that law, plus the four states’ allegations that the company violated their state laws protecting consumers by misleading them about the safety of their platforms.
Meta has denied the allegations, saying the attorneys general have no evidence it misled consumers about its platforms’ alleged addictiveness because “social media addiction” is not an established psychiatric condition, and therefore statements that its platforms were not addictive could not be false.
A further 14 states have brought claims under their own laws, which will be heard at a separate trial in February.
Last month, Rogers rejected Meta’s bid to cancel the trial, saying there remained factual disputes over whether its social media platforms were addictive, whether Meta falsely denied it designed them that way, and whether it “partially” directed the platforms at children.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said after Rogers’ ruling that Meta was putting profits ahead of children’s safety and breaking consumer protection laws, promising to hold the company “fully accountable” for its role in the teen mental health crisis.
Meta, Snapchat and parent Snap Inc.
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, YouTube and parent Alphabet Inc.
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, and TikTok and parent ByteDance are facing thousands of lawsuits in both federal and state court over claims they knowingly designed their platforms to have features that addict children and teens, fueling a mental health crisis.
States across the country have sued the companies, some as part of the case before Rogers and others in their home state courts. New Mexico was the first to go to trial, and a jury awarded the state $375 million in March after finding the company had misled New Mexico consumers.
A judge in New Mexico is currently weighing the second portion of the state’s case, which seeks additional damages and a court order directing the company to make changes to its Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp platforms.
Reporting by Diana Novak Jones; Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Kate Mayberry
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